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<div><span class="hint">directive in module <code ng:non-bindable="">ng</code>
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<div><h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<div class="description"><div class="ng-directive-page ng-directive-nghref-page"><p>Using Angular markup like <code>{{hash}}</code> in an href attribute will
make the link go to the wrong URL if the user clicks it before
Angular has a chance to replace the <code>{{hash}}</code> markup with its
value. Until Angular replaces the markup the link will be broken
and will most likely return a 404 error.</p>
<p>The <code>ngHref</code> directive solves this problem.</p>
<p>The wrong way to write it:
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&lt;a href="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{{hash}}"/&gt;
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<p>The correct way to write it:
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&lt;a ng-href="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{{hash}}"/&gt;
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<h2 id="usage">Usage</h2>
<div class="usage">as attribute<pre class="prettyprint linenums">&lt;A ng-href="{template}"&gt;
   ...
&lt;/A&gt;</pre>
<h4 id="usage_parameters">Parameters</h4><table class="variables-matrix table table-bordered table-striped"><thead><tr><th>Param</th><th>Type</th><th>Details</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ngHref</td><td><a href="" class="label type-hint type-hint-template">template</a></td><td><div class="ng-directive-page ng-directive-nghref-page"><p>any string which can contain <code>{{}}</code> markup.</p>
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<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<div class="example"><div class="ng-directive-page ng-directive-nghref-page"><p>This example shows various combinations of <code>href</code>, <code>ng-href</code> and <code>ng-click</code> attributes
in links and their different behaviors:
    <h4 id="example_source">Source</h4>
<div source-edit="" source-edit-deps="angular.js" source-edit-html="index.html-6" source-edit-css="" source-edit-js="" source-edit-json="" source-edit-unit="" source-edit-scenario="scenario.js-7"></div>
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<pre class="prettyprint linenums" ng-set-text="index.html-6" ng-html-wrap=" angular.js"></pre>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="index.html-6">
        <input ng-model="value" /><br />
        <a id="link-1" href ng-click="value = 1">link 1</a> (link, don't reload)<br />
        <a id="link-2" href="" ng-click="value = 2">link 2</a> (link, don't reload)<br />
        <a id="link-3" ng-href="/{{'123'}}">link 3</a> (link, reload!)<br />
        <a id="link-4" href="" name="xx" ng-click="value = 4">anchor</a> (link, don't reload)<br />
        <a id="link-5" name="xxx" ng-click="value = 5">anchor</a> (no link)<br />
        <a id="link-6" ng-href="{{value}}">link</a> (link, change location)
      </script>
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<div class="tab-pane" title="End to end test">
<pre class="prettyprint linenums" ng-set-text="scenario.js-7"></pre>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="scenario.js-7">
        it('should execute ng-click but not reload when href without value', function() {
          element('#link-1').click();
          expect(input('value').val()).toEqual('1');
          expect(element('#link-1').attr('href')).toBe("");
        });

        it('should execute ng-click but not reload when href empty string', function() {
          element('#link-2').click();
          expect(input('value').val()).toEqual('2');
          expect(element('#link-2').attr('href')).toBe("");
        });

        it('should execute ng-click and change url when ng-href specified', function() {
          expect(element('#link-3').attr('href')).toBe("/123");

          element('#link-3').click();
          expect(browser().window().path()).toEqual('/123');
        });

        it('should execute ng-click but not reload when href empty string and name specified', function() {
          element('#link-4').click();
          expect(input('value').val()).toEqual('4');
          expect(element('#link-4').attr('href')).toBe('');
        });

        it('should execute ng-click but not reload when no href but name specified', function() {
          element('#link-5').click();
          expect(input('value').val()).toEqual('5');
          expect(element('#link-5').attr('href')).toBe(undefined);
        });

        it('should only change url when only ng-href', function() {
          input('value').enter('6');
          expect(element('#link-6').attr('href')).toBe('6');

          element('#link-6').click();
          expect(browser().location().url()).toEqual('/6');
        });
      </script>
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</div><h4 id="example_demo">Demo</h4>
<div class="well doc-example-live animate-container" ng-embed-app="" ng-set-html="index.html-6" ng-eval-javascript=""></div>
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